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Biometrics Newsletter 12

Week 12 2010

Rene Bense 26-March-2010


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The Biometric Weekly Newsletternumber 12.

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Florida Accelerates Print Gathering Plan

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement(FDLE) hasspent $7.4million onProject Falcon toaccelerate theprogression of gathering palm

and fingerprints, enlargethe storagespace for thoseitems and

increase electronic search capabilities. TheFalcon Biometrics System was created totackle that problem. The FBI currentlyoperates the Integrated Automated FingerprintIdentification System, which is a nationaldatabase for fingerprints and images used bylaw enforcement agencies. The FalconBiometrics System is comparable, but its

entries are from cases that occurred in Floridaand it contains mug shots, fingerprints, palmprints and images of tattoos and scars.

A New Combination BiometricFingerprint and Smart Card Reader

SecuGenannounced theavailability of theSecuGen iD-USBSC a combinedfingerprint readerand smart cardreader. The iD-USB SC can useUSB device that

facilitates dual-factor authentication right outof the box. The new unit targets the fastgrowing number of projects and applicationsthat combine fingerprint biometrics with smartcards. The SecuGen iD-USB SC reader containsSecuGen's popular optical fingerprint sensorwith a highly scratch resistant platen and

comes in a desk mountable case. SecuGenintends to follow this product shortly with therelease of a fully FIPS 201/PIV compliantversion.

Virginia Count Employs SecureCommunities Strategy

U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement(ICE) say that sincethe agency beganusing biometrics-fingerprints-to identifycriminal aliens inFairfax County oneyear ago, ICE officershave identified morethan 1,200 alienscharged with or

convicted of crimes. As part of ICE's SecureCommunities strategy for improved

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authentication and removal of criminal aliens,ICE has removed 144 individuals, while theremaining are in immigration proceedings orwill be removed from the United States oncethey serve their criminal sentence. In March2009, as part of the Secure Communitiesstrategy, ICE deployed IDENT/IAFISinteroperability to Fairfax County lawenforcement agencies, which enablesfingerprints submitted during the bookingprocess to be checked automatically againstthe Department of Justice's ( DOJ ) criminalhistory records and DHS records, includingimmigration status. When fingerprints matchDHS records, ICE is automatically notified andpromptly determines if enforcement action isrequired. This process applies to all individualsarrested and booked into custody, not justthose suspected of being foreign nationals.

Smartlinx Uses Fujitsu's Palm Vein Authentication Technology

Smartlinx Inc. has launched SmartVM, aneGovernance application to be used withbiometric systems. SmartVM will use Fujitsu'sPalm Vein Authentication Technology.Smartlinx has agreed to use the SmartVMapplication, which will now include the Fujitsu

Vein Authentication Technology, in thedevelopment of a biometric based votingsystem for the Forest Department of theGovernment of Andhra Pradesh, India. The

application using PalmSecure scans the unique

vein pattern located inside a persons palm toverify them when their palm is placed on thedevices screen.

Despite Privacy Fears BiometricScanning Rises

With recent advances in the technology, newbiometrics systems are coming onto the scene,such as the full-body scanners that the U.S.Department of Homeland Security announcedwill be landing at 11 U.S. airports by summer2010. In addition, as more scanning systemsroll out, thus linking citizens to databases,

privacy advocates worry about the risks of having personal information in the open.

"We don't want to the seethe same problems we'veseen with other identificationsystems," said Lillie Coney,associate director of theElectronic PrivacyInformation Center, a publicinterest research group in

Washington, D.C. "Before people jump in the

deep end of the pool, they need to reallyconsider the short-term and long-termconsequences. Any information that's collectedhas got to be protected."

ID Cards to Use Three Databases

UK Home Office Identity Minister Meg Hilliersays that the Identity and Passport Service has"custom built" its own database for the identitycard scheme.

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This follows reports that the IPS had cancelledplans to store biographical information on theDepartment for Work and Pensions' database.Hillier said that the controversial scheme hasthree databases that holds the facial imageand fingerprints, the biometric data, then theother information which is generally already onthe passport and the third bit is the one thatlinks the two.

UN World Food Program Signs 4GIdentity Solutions

4G Identity

Solutions Pvt.Ltd. says ithas won acontract withthe UnitedNations WorldFood Program

to expand a critical food distribution programwith the objective of eliminating fraud andensuring that all qualified citizens receive theirproper share of assistance. The objective wasto employ the new technology and processes

to purge fraud, so that aid gets to as manyeligible recipients as possible. The first phaseof the project, also implemented by 4G ID,was the multi-biometric solution forapproximately one million citizens in theRayagada district.

The solution captured three biometrics --a facepicture, two irises, and ten fingerprints, anddemographic details of citizen. In addition, 4GID provided a specialized de-duplicationsolution to eliminate fraud. The contract callsfor expanding the WFP's Public DistributionSystem (PDS) project in the state of Orissa,India by completing the enrollment of theentire population of the Rayagada district andproviding an end-to-end solution for Point of Sale distribution that works effectively inremote areas.

G4S Justice Services LLC SelectsPerSay

G4S Justice Services LLC, an electronic

monitoring and community supervision

company, announced it has selected PerSay asits Voice Biometrics technology vendor. G4SJustice Services LLC has deployed PerSay's

VocalPassword" Voice Biometrics platform inelectronic monitoring projects around theworld. The innovation behind VocalPasswordarchitecture will equip G4S Justice ServicesLLC, with a capability to alleviate risks andcomply with high levels of standards andrequirements while providing the flexibility tocustomize the voice solutions to meet eachcustomer's needs.

Eyes Open Medical Records in the

Bronx

The South Bronx is known for many things --the New York Yankees, fires in the 1970s,poverty -- but now it is known for somethingusually seen at European airports. irisidentification technology at one its clinics.

There clinic employee scans patient eyes usinga handheld camera. Within seconds, thecamera reads his iris patterns, and a computerlocates his medical record. the South Bronxclinic receives federal funding and operates inone of the most impoverished U.S. areas usesthe instruments to prevent medical recordmishaps.

Urban Health Plan, which serves mostly theuninsured and underserved, fully integrated irisidentification to match patients to their medicalrecords in 2009.

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Virtual Doormen Don't Need Tips

Doormen could be replaced or have theirduties sliced by voice and face recognitiontechnology. A company called Kent SecurityServices provides virtual doorman services. Hundreds of buildings in New York City arealready monitored with video cameras andaudio communication instead of live doormen,but Kent adds biometrics to the surveillance.When somebody approaches the door, thecomputer begins clicking away and takes 40photos of the subject per second andcompares it to the photo of the resident onfile. If it's a match, you're in.. If no match isfound, the computer asks, "Do you live in thebuilding?" and the subject's response issubjected to voice recognition comparison. Sofar, Kent has not figured out how to get thedevice to hail a taxi.

AOptix Partners with DaonAdvantage

AOptix Technologies, Inc., a developer of irisbiometrics products and long-distance wirelessoptical communications solutions, announced ithas signed a partnership agreement withDaon, a provider of identity-assurancesoftware products, to participate in theDaonAdvantage Program. As part of thispartnership, the AOptix InSight iris recognitionsystem has been tested, certified andintegrated into Daon's identity assuranceplatform. AOptix has installed its InSightsystem at the Daon Demo Center in Reston,

VA as a part of a fully integrated irisinteroperability demonstration created byDaon. Users enroll their iris images on atraditional short-range iris system; an

identification application then controls theInSight to capture iris images forauthentication and performs the matchingfunction within DaonEngine.

E-Signing and Check Fraud Prevention

Billed as "one of the major IT-trends of thelast two years handwritten signatures areembedded in more and more digital workflowsto guarantee authenticity. Combining the

benefits of biometric signatures andcryptographic techniques is becoming moreand more extensive. In 2009 the European ITsecurity association TeleTrusT awarded itsinnovation award for best practice in appliedelectronic signatures to Softpro-customer CECA- the Spanish Savings Banks Organization(Confederacin Espaola de Cajas de Ahorros)for the use of SignPads for digitizing of handwritten signatures in Spanish savingsbanks. In 2010 Softpro presents this solutionas "best practice" at the leading IT-event for

the financial industry in the Gulf region -MEFTEC in Bahrain from April 20 -21.

Speed Identity Teams with Gemalto

Speed Identity ABhas received anorder from Gemalto

AB for the supply of signature capturemachines and phototype Speed Capture

Light for delivery to the Swedish Tax authority.

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The equipment will be used for the productionof secure ID cards for residents in Sweden.Speed Identity's part of the supply isbiometrics collection equipment, primarily theinnovative model Speed Capture Light,compact and user-friendly collection of ICAOapproved signatures and facial images. Theequipment will be placed at the tax serviceoffices which will sum up to a hundred officesduring 2010. The large number of applicationareas will mean greatly improved service tocitizens who quickly and safely will receivetheir ID cards.

Biometric Dos and Don'ts

Experts practical advice, published in CIO, listbiometric dos and don'ts that include using amulti-modal process. The experts saybiometrics solutions will increasingly employmore than one mode, which is more accurateand secure. For instance, using keystrokerecognition in conjunction with facerecognition, to evaluate subjects against awatch list, and iris recognition to perform one-to-one authentication.

Biometric Can Limit but not EliminateID Theft

Although biometrics will limit identity theft itwill not be a cure all for all that ails it. Whilebiometric identification is more and morevigorous, realities mean the use of false traveldocuments will endure, Frank Gregory,Professor of European Security at Britain's

Southampton University, said. Developers of

biometrics, the computerized recognition of features such as fingerprints, irises and facesbeing introduced by rich countries, andfraudsters are in a unending competition to getahead of one another's technology. The needto keep travelers moving in an age of masstransit meant there was a trade-off betweenpassenger "flow" and the personal attention aborder control officer could give to a singlecase.

MIT Draws Object Recognition Systems Framework

MIT research uses information about howfrequently objects are seen together toimprove the conclusions of object recognitionsystems. At present, computers cannotconsistently recognize the objects in digitalimages. Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have discovered amethod to advance object recognition systemsby using information about context.

A typical object recognition system will scan adigital image for groups of pixels that differfrom those around them; those pixels coulddefine an edge, a corner or some other featureof an object. If the MIT system thinks it isidentified a chair, for instance, it becomesmore confident that the rectangular thingnearby is a table.

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FBI's Future Use of BiometricTechnology

The FBI likes technology dating back for manydecades but its future promises to be not onlyhigh-tech but biometrically infused as well.

Among some of the more interesting itemscoming down the pike: coordinating currentFBI biometric systems-such as our systems forfingerprints and DNA-and exploring newbiometric technologies that can be turned intousable tools for law enforcement andintelligence agencies; ensuring interoperabilitybetween fbi biometric systems and otherfederal, state, and international biometricsystems; and developing biometric training forour law enforcement and intelligence partners,establishing biometric standards, and certifyingbiometric products.

Neuromarketers Go Inside Buyers'Brains

Neuromarketingmethods are

making headlinesfor big business.Frito-Lay studiedwomen's brains tohelp develop anad campaign, andCampbell Soup

(CPB, Fortune 500) just unveiled a packagingredesign based on consumers' "neurologicaland bodily responses" to different mockups. Byhooking customers up to EEG or MRImachines, a company can learn about what's

really going on inside a buyer's brain --

possibly even before the buyer knows it. Thebad news is the technology is not cheap. firmsperforming neuromarketing research typicallyhave ad budgets of $30 million to $100 million.Help may be on the way for smaller companiessicne Companies testing a product ormarketing campaign using biometrics typicallyonly have to test a tenth of the people they'dsurvey in a standard focus group according toresearchers.

Training for a Manned Mission to Mars

Mars 500, a test that will begin in the middleof this year in Moscow, inside a warehouse onthe campus of the Russian Institute for

Biomedical Problems. There, a crew of sevenmen (three Europeans, three Russiancosmonauts in training, and one Chinese) willlock themselves inside a series of rooms nobigger than a tiny house for 520 days -- theapproximate amount of time a trip to Marswould take, with a 30-day layover on theplanet. If they last, each crew member will geta bounty, possibly upwards of $100,000. Mostof the trials will study the crew membersthemselves, through questionnaires, fitnesstests, detailed biometrics, and daily blood andurine tests.

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Senators push Obama for BiometricNational ID card

Two U.S. senators met with President Obamaon Thursday to push for a national ID cardwith biometric information such as afingerprint, hand scan, or iris scan that allemployers would be required to verify. In anopinion article published in Friday's edition of the Washington Post, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) say the newidentification cards will "ensure that illegalworkers cannot get jobs" and "dramaticallydecrease illegal immigration." Schumer andGraham pitched the idea to President Obamaduring a private meeting Thursday at theWhite House. Graham said afterward thatObama "welcomed" their proposal for a newID card law; the White House said in astatement that the senators' plan was"promising."

Biometric details of Census 2011 to besynchronized with UIDAI

New Delhi Census 2011, for whichcanvassing and house-listing will begin this

April, will capture the biometric details (face,iris and ten finger prints) of every citizen overthe age of 15, so that they can also beassigned unique IDs by the UniqueIdentification Authority of India (UIDAI). Thehome ministry and the Registrar General of India (RGI) have agreed to synchronized the

details that are to be captured in the National

Population Registrar (NPR) being created withthe upcoming Census with the UIDAIsbiometric standards that were unveiledrecently. In line with the recommendations of the Biometric Committee under the UIDAI, theNPR, will have details of face, iris and tenfingerprints as a necessary requirement forregistration of residents. This is in order tohave a common identification standard as theUID has an agreement to synchronized thedata feeds of the NPR into its data base.

High praise for Springfield Data Centre

The Polaris Data Centre in Queenslandsbooming Western Corridor has received praisefrom one of the most respected authorities inthe international data center industry.Following a recent data center tour of

Australia, AFCOM CEO Jill Eckhaus says shewas most impressed with the $230 millionPolaris Data Centre at Springfield (locatedhalfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast)saying it was unlike any center shed seenbefore. AFCOM is a Californian basedorganization with more than 4,000 membersand 32 chapters worldwide. Springfield LandCorporations Executive Director of CommercialDevelopment Chris Schroor says Eckhaus comments are high praise from the head of such a well regarded international authority.

AFCOM is a global organization whichcommands great respect within the datacenter industry. The Polaris Data Centre is

Australias first purpose built data center andfeatures high-tech security including bulletproof glass and biometric fingerprint scanners.

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Biometrics: Hollywood Hype or RealWorld Security Solution?

Traditionally, biometrics has been the stuff of fantasy. Hollywood films often use it to showthe evils of automation. For some, it conjuresup images of clandestine organizations andcovert activities. In theory, biometrics is agreat way to authenticate computer users thatprovides a great, additional layer of security.Its impossible to lose your fingerprint (barringthe most gruesome of developments), and youcant forget it like you could a password. Inpractice, though, there are so many thingsthat, for now, limit the more widespread use of this technology.

Some Palm Beach County schooldistrict employees frustrated withfingerprint time-keeping

At 5:45 a.m. every workday, Pauline Cochranarrives at a school bus compound near WestPalm Beach, places her thumb on a machinethat looks like an oversized calculator andwaits for it to recognize who she is. That rarelyhappens smoothly, she says. "Those timeclocks are always breaking down," saidCochran, a bus aide for the Palm Beach CountySchool District. She's one of about 15,000hourly district employees who mustelectronically punch in and out of work usingtheir fingerprints as part of a $2.5 millionproject that has seen its share of glitches.When the biometric "time collection device"doesn't work, the scanner either does nothingor tells Cochran to see a supervisor or punch inher employee identification number.

Aware Biometrics Software Providedfor Advanced Technology Workstations

Aware products contribute key functionality toLockheed Martin's "Advanced TechnologyWorkstation" for NGI BEDFORD, Mass. --

Aware, Inc., a global provider of imaging andbiometrics software, today announced that ithas supplied biometrics software for LockheedMartin's Advanced Technology Workstation(ATW). Lockheed Martin recently announcedthat they had successfully delivered the first

ATWs for the Next Generation Identification(NGI) system. ATW includes several COTS

Aware software products, including NISTPack,WSQ1000, AccuPrint(TM), and AccuScan(TM)."Aware's partnership with Lockheed Martingoes back to the earliest days of automated

biometric identification, when we collaboratedto enable advanced fingerprint capture andquality assurance," said Rob Mungovan, vicepresident at Aware. "We are pleased to againbe contributing best-of-breed biometricstechnology to the most advanced biometricidentification system in the world."

PoC makes verification of ration cardseasy

VELUR (MEDAK DISTRICT): The villagers fromthat particular ward came one by one toparticipate in the exercise being held atPanchayat office in this tiny village with a

population of about 4,000. First they showed

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their ration cards on which the details of theentire family were available. The staff sittingwith the laptops loaded with ration card dataof the entire village checked the details of theration card and made corrections whereverrequired. The corrections includes names, dateof births and other important thing that needto be entered. Once the process was over,they were told to entered into the secondcompartment where the ration cardholderwere taken a photo. Then the finger printswere be collected with the help of finger printscanner in 4+4+2 mode (four left fingers firstfollowed by four right fingers and twothumbs). This should match with the individualscanning of all the fingers that would be taken

immediately. Even a small mismatch of asingle finger scan would be warned by thesystem and immediate correction would bemade.

Biometric Car Starter introduced to US

USA Supreme Technology is a US companythat is introducing a true Biometric Car Starterto the US. The Biometric Car Starter is afingerprint-ID security device using TrueBiometrics. USA Supreme Technologywww.biometricsbiz.com is a US company thatis introducing a true Biometric Car Starter tothe US. The Biometric Car Starter is afingerprint-ID security device offeringredundant, fail-safe automotive security. Easilyinstalled, it renders vehicles inoperable to anynon-authorized user. This device is a proactive

barrier to theft or car- jacking, in contrast toreactive systems such as GPS, basic caralarms, and other similar products, which emitonly noise or radio signals while a vehicle isbeing stolen.

Terrorist attacks spawn idea for L-1Identity

Most of us remember where we were andwhat we were doing on the morning of Sept.11, 2001. For Robert LaPenta, president,

chairman and chief executive officer of Stamfordbased L-1 Identity Solutions, thatday's terrorist attacks led to an epiphany aboutU.S. defense, and a company aimed at fillingthe huge, suddenly apparent, gaps. "I watchedthe towers come down from my offices on 600Third Ave.," said LaPenta, who was presidentof a company he co-founded, L-3Communications, at the time. "It was thatevent that really was the genesis, the startingpoint of me beginning to think about a newbusiness that ultimately spawned L-1," he saidin an interview with Hearst ConnecticutNewspapers.

Schwarzenegger administrationconsidering buying $5,000 devices tocombat in-home care fraud

The Schwarzenegger administration isconsidering buying $5,000 high-tech devices tophotograph and fingerprint Californians whoget subsidized in-home care for the elderly anddisabled. The MorphoTrak "mobile biometric

identification" device can fingerprint, snap aphoto and transfer data to governmentsystems, according to state social serviceofficials. Officials say legislators authorized andbudgeted money to invest in tools to curbfraud and save millions of dollars. Thefingerprinting applies as of April 1 to any newrecipients of the In-Home Supportive Servicesprogram.

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Upcoming Events:

March 30April 1, 2010, San Diego, CA

Biometrics & Forensics 2010 AnnualSummit

The purpose of this summit is to assembleleaders, warfighters, and subject matterexperts from across the Biometrics andForensics community to discuss how innovativetraining and technology will collectively shapethe future in a way that sets the conditions forsuccess against any emerging threats on thecurrent and future battlefield. Plenary speakerswill share their expertise, vast experience, andinsights to the summit as a whole, whilebreakout panel discussions, featuring expertswith a broad range of experience andexpertise, will give conference attendees aninteractive forum for focused discussions andspecific recommendations to problem sets.

April 5-6, 2010, Orlando, FL,

Biometric Technology for HumanIdentification Conference

Conference chairs include: B. V. K. VijayaKumar, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Salil Prabhakar,DigitalPersona Inc., and Arun A. Ross, West

Virginia Univ.. Discussions on topics includingface analysis, fingerprint analysis, large-scalesystem security and privacy, statisticalmodelling and evaluation, iris and emergingbiometrics, soft biometrics and forensics,multimodal biometrics, and face and earanalysis. Register by March 19 th to receive adiscount.

May 4-5 Jersey City, NJ

Voice Biometrics Conference New York

2010

Don't the miss theindustry's onlyglobal gatheringthat addresses voicebiometrics andmultifactor

authentication. Voice BiometricsConference New York will showcasesolutions to support financial services,

payment systems, customer care, lawenforcement, and government services.

VBC New York will bring together theexperts, technology providers and practitionersthat are defining the applications andapproaches that take advantage of the factthat each person's voice is a unique andunobtrusive identifier, like a fingerprint.Deployment of such solutions will be crucial togrowing phone-based banking and mobilecommerce.

As a mechanism for identity verification andauthorization that requires no dedicatedhardware, voice biometrics is gaining tractionas a legitimate enterprise security solution.Large-scale deployments are already underwayacross industries ranging from banks andtelecoms to government services andhealthcare.

VBC New York brings together the leadingvoice biometric technology providers with:

Customers and business decisionmakers in various industry verticalsincluding financial services, healthcareand government

Go-to-market partners, systemintegrators and solutions providers

Research houses, government andacademic thought leaders

Security specialists and implementers

October 20-22- Singapore

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Security Asia Expo 2010

SAE 2010 offers exhibitors and visitors morethan just the opportunity to close deals andenhance networking. The industry-basedinteractive seminars provides the latest trendsand information exchanges. Conducted by agroup of industry experts, the various seminarswill offer participants the chance to engage thespeakers and be informed of developmentsthat now have an impact on the regional andglobal security landscape. Each seminar isexclusive and will only accommodate up to 60delegates. Additional Breakfast Sessions willbe arranged for a more up close and personalsession with the speakers.

The relevant and hot button topics included forSAE 2010 include:

1. Building Intelligent Seminar2. Checkpoints Security Seminar3. Hotel Security Seminar4. Key Infrastructure Protection Seminar5. Public Security Seminar6. Retail & Shopping Centre Security

Seminar7. Security Technologies Seminar

November 1-2- Montreal

Sixth Symposium on ICAO MRTDs,

Biometrics and Security

Sixth Symposium andExhibition on

ICAO MRTDs, Biometrics andSecurity Standards

1 - 4 November 2010

ICAO Headquarters, Montral, Canada

Information will be posted as soon as available.

Click here to view details of Past Symposia .

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